Ray Wilkins: Why this man should be Chelsea's next manager

PRAISE: Wilkins worked alongside Hiddink during his first spell at Stamford Bridge

Hiddink was named interim manager following Jose Mourinho's sacking in December and has gone on to guide the Blues up the Premier League table.

And Wilkins, who was Hiddink's assistant during his first stint at Stamford Bridge, would like to see the Dutchman take the role on a permanent basis.

He said: "For me, [Hiddink is] the ideal person to take over.

"You can see the way he has galvanised the squad, and the whole squad.

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“You can see the way he has galvanised the squad, and the whole squad.”

Ray Wilkins

"They're putting in a great shift of work and looking as if they're going to win more games than they lose. It's going to be very, very interesting to see where they can finish.

"You're now seeing the team coming together and playing some really good football, which gears them up fantastically for the big game they've got against Paris St-Germain [in the Champions League on Wednesday]."

The former midfielder added: "The guys mentioned, I think Simeone has done a magnificent job at Atletico Madrid but again you've got the language barrier, I don't know if he speaks English. Antonio Conte, I don't know whether he speaks it. Guus does, he has the full package for me, it's whether he would want to do it himself.

"When you bring in a new player you give him time to settle down, I think it's the same with managers to be perfectly honest. If they haven't managed in the Premier League then it's basically a very different set of rules you're coming into.

"You don't get rest at Christmas. Everybody seems to bring that up when it comes to Christmas time, all the managers who haven't managed here before.

"Guus knows how it works, he knows the Premier League, he knows the amount of effort the players have to put in. Our league is played with the most high intensity of any of the leagues in the world."